Petition #11083004

• Hinds County, Mississippi. filing started circa 1830.
• Court: Archives
• Salutation: To the general assembly of the State of Mississippi

Abstract

Elizabeth Fort seeks remuneration from the state after her slave Henry was executed for stabbing a white man with intent to kill. She is fifty-two years old and owns only two other slaves, a man and a woman, "capable of serving her, & providing a support for her declining years."

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: Statement of Isaac Caldwell, et al., 30 November 1830
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 11083004

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi

• Legislative Papers, Petitions and Memorials 1830
• Record group: 47

Subjects

• Execution (enslaved)
• Trials (enslaved)
• Homicide
• Assault
• Assessed Value (enslaved)